Expository Reading

Theory | Strategies | Activities

Theory

Expository Text Structure
http://cps.uwsp.edu/Courses/EDUC310/TextStruct/expository.asp

Effective Use of Textbook Features Can Improve Textbook Reading and Learning
http://www.kidbibs.com/learningtips/lt16.htm

Strategies

Cubing    
http://www.litandlearn.lpb.org/strategies/strat_cubing.pdf

Sample Expository Reading Map
http://lv.ccsd15.k12.il.us/lv/wrs/hp.nsf/PreviewHomePages/kuhrtb#s5

Content Mapping
http://www.litandlearn.lpb.org/strategies/strat_concept.pdf

Reading Expository Text
http://www.englishcompanion.com/room82/readexpository.html

Expository Strategies
http://www.familyschool.com/teachtips/ExpositoryComp.html

Activities

America's Richest People (Math)
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/isa/elit/el/mathtrav/real_life_bignumbers.html

Contrasting and Comparing Skiing
http://www.ashland.k12.or.us/mark_sherbow/expository/

A Dickens of a Project
http://www.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/learn/curriculum/language/dickens/default.htm